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Family: Lythraceae (loosestrife family)
...are bracts that form an epicalyx. There are usually 8-16 stamens. There is 1 style with 1 stigma at its tip. The fruit of most species is a dry capsule that may or may not split open when ripe to rele...
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Family: Malvaceae (mallow or hibiscus family)
...sepal-like bracts that make up an epicalyx. The petals are usually unfused and have wavy, wrinkled edges. Both attach below the ovary (i.e., the ovary is superior). There are many stamens whose filame...
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Question: Thanks so much for your answer about Eutrochium ID! I wanted to …
...involucral bracts. You have pictured one capitulum in the photograph. The flower number is the best indicator, and yes, they do need to be dissected (usually) or counted from above. The seed-like f...
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Question: Can you confirm or correct the ID of a plant in my …
...involucral bracts are spreading, exceeding disk; 8-13 yellow rays; disks start yellow, get a bit darker; spreads aggressively by rhizomes. I was going to share with a friend but wish to confirm ID fir...
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Question: Goldenrod in Dutchess County NY, similar to Solidago gigantea, but leaves are …
...involucral bracts and have a measurement of the length, and have a better idea of the number and size of disk and ray flowers. If you would like to send a specimen to me, feel free to email me at aha...
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Boraginaceae: Dichotomous Key
...a bract 9b. Plants biennial or perennial; all or most of the flowers without closely associated bracts 10a. Corolla 5–8 mm wide; mericarps attached to one another by the apic...
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Schoenoplectus: Dichotomous Key
...involucral bract often divergent [Fig. 125] 4b. Achenes nearly smooth, 1.5–1.8 mm long, wedge-shaped near base, mostly plano-convex; floral scales with an obscure midvein, possessing a br...
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Melanthiaceae: Dichotomous Key
...ebracteate; capsule dehiscence loculicidal; plants dioecious 4b. Tepals 5–12 mm long, green to yellow-green or green-white to light yellow, with 1 or 2 nectary glands at base; infloresce...
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Section Acrocystis: Dichotomous Key
...lowest bract of inflorescence usually equaling or exceeding total height of inflorescence 5b. Lowest carpellate spike sessile, approximate to or overlapping the upper spikes, usually with...
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Eurybia: Dichotomous Key
...involucral bracts and branches of capitulescence; leaves basally disposed; plants of dry, sandy soils along the coastal plain 4b. Stipitate glands lacking; leaves chiefly cauline; plants ...